Web Development
Appears On: Reverse Playlist Lookup for Spotify
Spotify has no 'playlists containing this song' endpoint, so I built one — a keyword net, ISRC matching, and a streaming scan that surfaces playlists ranked by likes.
Blog
Thoughts, tutorials, and insights on web dev, design, tech and more.
AI
Building a Visual Time Capsule with Weekly AI Avatars
How I built a self-updating time capsule that turns each week's news into a Moebius-style avatar, generated automatically every Monday.
AI
Building an AI-Powered Playlist Creator
How I built an AI playlist generator that creates personalized Spotify playlists through natural conversation.
AWS
DynamoDB Update! Multi-Attribute Keys Are Here
No more string concatenation hacks. DynamoDB now lets you use multiple attributes as keys, making queries cleaner and data modeling simpler.
Film
Two Films That Taught Me to Think Differently: Tarkovsky's Stalker and Solaris
What a Soviet filmmaker's slow burn masterpieces can teach you about patience, ambiguity, and deep work in an age of distraction.
TypeScript
TypeScript Best Practices
Some TypeScript patterns and practices that will help you write more maintainable and type safe code.
Design
Portfolio Inspiration: The Visionary Art of Moebius
Exploring how the legendary artist Moebius and his distinctive style influenced the design during the build of this portfolio.